Abstract
Scholars of international environmental politics who want their work to affect policy must learn to speak and write in a slightly different language – with extreme concision, an appealing format, and ready solutions to pressing policy questions. While communicating directly with policymakers and journalists can be time-consuming and exasperating, the direct approach may be the only way to rise above the din of the increasingly noisy marketplace of ideas.
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- op-ed:
-
opposite-editorial
- NGO:
-
Non-Governmental Organization
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Dabelko, G.D. Speaking Their Language: How to Communicate Better with Policymakers and Opinion Shapers – and Why Academics Should Bother in the First Place. Int Environ Agreements 5, 381–386 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-005-8329-8
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